HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... Notable Thoughts about Women: A Literary Mosaic - Seite 32von Maturin Murray Ballou - 1882 - 409 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 Seiten
...BACON. 1561-1626. Essay viii. Of Marriage and Single Life. He that hath a wife and children hath given to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Essay 1. Of Studies. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed... | |
| World - 1856 - 70 Seiten
...me. In one of Lord Bacon's Essays he says : — ' He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.' Now as my hostages are much heavier and by no means limited to these, I fear that my wings are clipped... | |
| 1856 - 628 Seiten
...me. In one of Lord Bacon's Essays he says : — " He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." Now as my hostages are much heavier and by no means limited to these, I fear that my wings are clipped... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 564 Seiten
...ESSAY VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. 1TE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to -tl fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the hest works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1858 - 812 Seiten
...disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly a the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
| Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 Seiten
...ESSAY VIII. OF MAEEIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. r TTE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to -Ll fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
| Josiah Gregg - 1857 - 662 Seiten
...to return to his family. " He that hath wife and children,'' says Lord Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." Men under such bonds are peculiarly unfitted for the chequered life of a Santa Fe trader. The domestic... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 Seiten
...disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly 2 the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
| James Grant - 1858 - 426 Seiten
...LADY MAGDALENE'S DEATH. " HE that hath a wife and children," says Lord Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or of mischief :" but the future life of Montrose proved the fallacy of this aphorism. In those days,... | |
| James Grant - 1853 - 424 Seiten
...LADY MAGDALENE'S DEATH. " HE that hath a wife and children," says Lord Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or of mischief :" but the future life of Montrose proved the fallacy of this aphorism. In those days,... | |
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